Eric Smith (UK politician)

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Eric Martin Smith (28 December 190813 August 1951) was a British Conservative Party politician.

At the 1950 general election, he was returned as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Grantham constituency in [Lincolnshire]]. He replaced the independent MP William Denis Kendall, who had been first elected in a war-time by-election, but did not stand in 1950.

Smith's death in August 1951 at the age of 42 did not trigger a by-election. The seat remained vacant unti the 1951 general election, on 25 October.

[edit] Offices held

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by:
William Denis Kendall
Member of Parliament for Grantham
1950–1951
Succeeded by:
Joseph Godber

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.